The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 9Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, 1888 |
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... loved his mother when a man , had she not given him coffee she could ill afford , to gratify his appetite when a boy . " " If you had had children , Sir , " said I , “ would you have taught them any thing ? " I hope , " replied he ...
... loved his mother when a man , had she not given him coffee she could ill afford , to gratify his appetite when a boy . " " If you had had children , Sir , " said I , “ would you have taught them any thing ? " I hope , " replied he ...
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... loved her : and one day , when in anger she called me a puppy , I asked her if she knew what they called a puppy's mother ? " We were talking of a young fellow who used to come often to the house ; he was about fifteen years old , or ...
... loved her : and one day , when in anger she called me a puppy , I asked her if she knew what they called a puppy's mother ? " We were talking of a young fellow who used to come often to the house ; he was about fifteen years old , or ...
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... another's capitulation ? Oh , pray let us hear no more of it ! " - 39. A good Hater . Whigs and Americans . No man was more zealously attached to his party ; he not only loved a Tory himself , but he 30 JOHNSON ANA . French Invasion,
... another's capitulation ? Oh , pray let us hear no more of it ! " - 39. A good Hater . Whigs and Americans . No man was more zealously attached to his party ; he not only loved a Tory himself , but he 30 JOHNSON ANA . French Invasion,
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... loved a Tory himself , but he loved a man the better if he heard he hated a Whig . " Dear Bathurst , " said he to me one day , 66 was a man to my very heart's content : he hated a fool , and he hated a rogue , and he hated a Whig ; he ...
... loved a Tory himself , but he loved a man the better if he heard he hated a Whig . " Dear Bathurst , " said he to me one day , 66 was a man to my very heart's content : he hated a fool , and he hated a rogue , and he hated a Whig ; he ...
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... loved not to be told of sallies of excellence , which he said were seldom valuable , and seldom true . " Heroic vir- tues , ” said he , " are the bons mots of life ; they do not appear often , and when they do appear are too much prized ...
... loved not to be told of sallies of excellence , which he said were seldom valuable , and seldom true . " Heroic vir- tues , ” said he , " are the bons mots of life ; they do not appear often , and when they do appear are too much prized ...
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Common terms and phrases
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